NATIONAL CAPITAL TOPICS; SECRETARY FOLGER AND THE DUTY ON STEEL BLOOMS.

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February 28, 1882, Page 3 The New York Times Archives

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.--On Sept. 21, 1881, Messrs. James Lees Co. received at the port of New-York several hundred pieces of metal weighing in the aggregate about 160,720 pounds, averaging 892 pounds each, and said to be worth less than...View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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